Rick Santorumm is "suspending" his campaign.

[cybrsage]

Leaving about 75% of the more rational GOP electorate with a choice between Obama or delusional.

You said the same choice twice.

 

[cybrsage]

That means there won't be any posts made by cybrsage.. right?

I think you "forgot" the requirements.

We wouldn't get that lucky.

You'd miss me too much. I honestly worry you may cause great harm to yourself!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Bush worked with Ted Kennedy to pass the greatest expansion of entitlements in history. He spent more money and grew government faster than anyone before him.

McCain worked with the Democrats in the Senate, the gang of 14. Was so far Left that Romney was the 'conservative' alternative.

Romney is the father of Obamacare, having signed Romneycare in for Massachusetts, the state of Kennedy and Kerry. He makes no apologies and stands by it to this day.

There IS NO ONE nominated for President by the Republicans, in my life time, who is a conservative that would shrink government. Reagan's popularity corrupted the GOP on the ideals of big spending. Their actions betray the rhetoric for which we elect them.

You'll know you've met a conservative President when you get back into office and your seat isn't there. When the centralized power in Washington is returned to the people and out of reach from your elite ruling class.

What's really ironic is that the only President we've had in the last 30 years who really did anything to reduce the deficit was a Democrat... and then Bush came in and promptly doubled it.

 

[sportage]

God forbid his daughter doesn't turn out to be Gay.
All that wasted money for treatments..... As he would say.....

 

[cganesh75]

i would have liked the "santorum pulls out" title to this thread

 

[trenchfoot]

Just like we all knew Romney was going to get the nod, we all know Obama is going to win a second term.

It only helped Obama even further that the vicious infighting the Repubs went through lasted as long as it did.

IMO, the key factor for the Repubs is, and will always be, the disproportionate amount of influence the Tea Party has over the GOP, where this small group of ultra conservative activists have continually dragged the GOP further and further into their exclusionist domain.

It's not good for America where an unholy union between a small minority of the most wealthy and a small minority of social conservatives get to dictate terms to the rest of the nation how we should live every aspect of our lives in the "Land of Freedom."

 

[ericlp]

Santorum dropping out is long overdue. As soon as it became clear that Romney was going to win the nomination, all the other candidates should have dropped out for the greater good. The best (only) chance they have of getting rid of obummer is forming a united front behind someone. Prolonged infighting over the GOP candidacy only helps keep the current regime in place.

It's always good to have a positive outlook. Don't quit your day job and keep up your wishful thinking!

Thank your god, he's gone...

 

[Ausm]

i would have liked the "santorum pulls out" title to this thread

I personally wish Sanitarium's oldman would have pulled out when he could.

 

[zsdersw]

I think you "forgot" the requirements.

Yes, those are outlined in my sig.

 

[Icepick]

Santorum pulling out is the best thing for the Republican party as a whole. Good for him.

 

[zsdersw]

Santorum pulling out is the best thing for the Republican party as a whole. Good for him.

Yes, his dream of a theocratic government is best left as just that... a dream that will never happen.

 

[Icepick]

Yes, his dream of a theocratic government is best left as just that... a dream that will never happen.

Thank God!

 

[FerrelGeek]

God forbid his daughter doesn't turn out to be Gay.
All that wasted money for treatments..... As he would say.....

Pretty insensitive since his daughter's condition will most likely end her life sooner than later. Typical liberal hate.

 

[thraashman]

Pretty insensitive since his daughter's condition will most likely end her life sooner than later. Typical liberal hate.

Actually it seems pretty obvious that his commentary, while insensitive, was more pointing out how Santorum is so hateful towards gay people that he would hate his own daughter were she to turn out gay and he would consider it a waste that she lived. Considering Santorum's own attitude towards homosexuals, I don't think he's off base there either.

 

[FerrelGeek]

Actually it seems pretty obvious that his commentary, while insensitive, was more pointing out how Santorum is so hateful towards gay people that he would hate his own daughter were she to turn out gay and he would consider it a waste that she lived. Considering Santorum's own attitude towards homosexuals, I don't think he's off base there either.

And another one proves my point. Again, we can count on libertrolls to spew their vitreol. This girl is very likely going to die sooner that later, folks. Maybe someday you'll discover your humanity and understand tha hurt that a parent would feel for their child going through something like this.

 

[Thump553]

Pretty insensitive since his daughter's condition will most likely end her life sooner than later. Typical liberal hate.

Santorum has eight children. How do you know the three year old is the one he was referring to, or is that something you just ASSumed in order to make your supposed point?

 

[Craig234]

Just like we all knew Romney was going to get the nod, we all know Obama is going to win a second term.

I think Obama is likely to win, but it's not totally clear.

Fact #1: The dominant factor has been the economy in a President being re-elected, and Obama's numbers are well into the '1 term' area.

Fact #2: A recent poll shows a slight edge for Romney over Obama in 'who do you trust more to handle the ecomony'. Shocking.

So, who knows what'll happen give that, when so many votes are decided in the last days and weeks of the campaign?

It's a bit like Coke and Pepsi - both have massive marketing organizations that build their 'image'. Note the 'soda isn't good for you' message has little marketing.

In Obama's favor is that Romney is such an 'etch a sketch', bad campaigner, and that I think Obama gets some credit that he didn't cause the bad economy.

 

[Zebo]

Only way Obama loses is if market tanks (and it's due) during election. Romney doesn't excite base, not enough flannel, not enough twang. And blue collar middle he reminds them of the guy who looted their pension or sent their job to China.

 

[Lemon law]

Santorum's daughter Bella has Trisonomy. Trisonomy 18 is a genetic disorder in which a person has a third copy of material from chromosome 18, instead of the usual two copies.

It can cause a range of problems including severe developmental delays, holes in the heart and kidney failure.

Half of infants with this condition do not survive beyond the first week of life. Some have survived to teen years - but with serious medical and developmental problems.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070115/Rick-Santorum-reveals-hes-running-President-seriously-ill-daughter.html#ixzz1rkQyzDIP"

As for me, anyone who has a child that suffers from such a debilitating condition should have our sympathy. And therefore when Rick Santorum is in that group, yes he gets automatic sympathy.

But if Rick Santorum wants my political support, he plays the wrong song. Its all well and fine for Rick Santorum who is independently wealthy to pay for her daughters medical bills, but when Santorum would withdraw that needed public support from a similar parent less wealthy, he becomes in my mind a defective human being. Because those parents must choose between supporting their disabled child, or trying to be a parent to their other children, and earning a living on top of that. There are hundreds of thousands of such parents in the USA alone. Most of them are not wealthy.

And long odds, Federal insurance from when Rick Sanorum was a senator probably pays the bulk of Bella's medical bills.

 

[FerrelGeek]

Santorum has eight children. How do you know the three year old is the one he was referring to, or is that something you just ASSumed in order to make your supposed point?

I'll wait to see if he replies to clarify, otherwise you're ASSuming as well.

If my ASSumption turns out to be correct, would you agree that he was insensitive?

 

[Craig234]

Only way Obama loses is if market tanks (and it's due) during election. Romney doesn't excite base, not enough flannel, not enough twang. And blue collar middle he reminds them of the guy who looted their pension or sent their job to China.

Ya, except explain to me how George W. Bush almost defeated the guy who led the funding for the creation of the internet and was VP when the deficit was eliminated...

 

[zsdersw]

Rick Santorum.. the husband and father.. has my sympathy.

Rick Santorum.. the former PA senator, presidential candidate, and Christianity cheerleader.. has nothing but my eternal disgust and vehement rejection. He can take his theocratic view of/for America and shove it up his ass.

 

[Genx87]

Ahh Schucks. I was just getting to like his foot in the mouth a day routine.

 

[Ninjahedge]

Ya, except explain to me how George W. Bush almost defeated the guy who led the funding for the creation of the internet and was VP when the deficit was eliminated...

Easy. Look at some of the SNL sketches.

They were both plastic dolls that looked almost identical. Neither said anything offensive, their debates were boring, and it was a rather bland campaign. Only AFTER the election did things change and Bush showed who he was and who was really in control (Cheney/Rumsfeld) and Gore grew some balls.

Then, to show the american people they knew what they were doing, the Democratic Party nominated a wind surfing Lurch from the Addams family. they guy is VERY intelligent, but as exciting as canned salmon.

Then we get a black dude running against a grandpa and an ignorant VP (after Quayle, even Sarah was something they thought would be OK...). Not that Obama is not a smart guy, but we are STILL a racist group of voters where a sizable block is still trying to prove he is not "American".

Our political system is screwed up. There are so many levels of it up to the presidency that we end up getting a candidate that is either more sifted and strained than fine grain flour OR more bent than an epileptic pretzel.

 

[nageov3t]

if memory serves me correctly, Al Gore ran a pretty bad campaign -- running away from Bill Clinton's record at the height of his popularity.